Thanks platinumsword for the link, very interesting to watch

I am not going to debate this too much, as I do agree that for the average person, the Crest type from BigW or the ebay ones will probably do just fine.

I will say that where the issues with substandard cables would be in poor soldering/cable to connector fixing, bad shielding, substandard materials used for insulation(even poor copper choice) and general manufacturing issues that every product with expensive and cheap options would face. But hey, we aren't swinging around by them, for the most part they would be hooked up once and forgotten.

And if you are going to wire up your house, it might pay to get something "good"... just good luck finding out for sure what that is!

remember that something that is compliant to a certain spec in no way implies the quality of the job it is gonna do. And just going by the price isn't always the best way either.

I believe a healthy debate on a forum is a great step to getting real answers so thanks to all that have voiced!

BTW, my crest cable seems to be doing the job just great! Bioshock in HD is awesome!